Scope of the Study Limitation of the Study Outline of the Study

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1.5 Significance of the Study

By doing the study, the writer hopes that: 1 The results of the study will enrich the theory of descriptive writing and teaching aids, in this case, miniatures. 2 The results of the experiment will be useful for teachers and readers to improve their teaching method. 3 Good writing exercises will improve the students’ motivation in writing. 4 Provide information to develop English learning process. 5 The students will suggest an appropriate material for them to increase their interest in English, especially in writing skill.

1.6 Scope of the Study

This study is going to discuss the improving of students’ writing skill in a descriptive text using miniatures as the media.

1.7 Limitation of the Study

In order to limit the study in such a way that will not be too broad and to make it easy in searching data, the writer uses the term which can be described as follows: 1 Miniatures In this study, the writer will use miniatures as the media in improving students’ skill in writing a descriptive. The aim of using 7 miniatures here is to create a real situation, so that students are able to create their imagination based on the miniatures. 2 Descriptive Text Writing Writing a descriptive text is to write about something in detail. It can be a person, an animal, a place, actress, etc. Students are supposed to write them in correct steps that are identification and then description. 3 The students of fifth grade of SD N Gayamsari 2 Semarang. Here the writer will give the method in teaching writing skill for the students of the fifth grade of SD N Gayamsari 2 Semarang. The students will write a descriptive text based on the miniatures.

1.8 Outline of the Study

This study consists of five chapters, those are as follows: Chapter I includes the Background of the Study, Reason for Choosing the Topic, Statements of Problem, Objective of the Study, Significance of the Study, Scope of the Study, Limitation of Study, Outline of the Study. Chapter II presents the Review of Related Literature, which consists of Definition of Writing, Definition of Paragraph, Descriptive Text Type, General Concept of Media, Learning English in Elementary School, Purposes of Learning English in Elementary School, Classroom Action Research. Chapter III is Method of Investigation, which consist of Object of 8 Study, Population and Sample, Research Variables, Research Design, Validity and Reliability, Scoring System, Criterion of Assessment. Chapter IV is the data analysis and the discussion of the results. Chapter V is the Conclusions of the Result and some Suggestions. 9 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE In this chapter, the writer presents the review of related literature. It consists of definition of writing, definition of paragraph, descriptive text type, general concept of media, learning English at elementary school, purposes of learning English at elementary school, classroom action research.

2.1 Definition of Writing